Reliquiae Diluvianae by William Buckland

Reliquiae Diluvianae by William Buckland

William Buckland (1784 1856), Dean of Westminster, was an English geologist best known for his contributions to palaeontology. He became the first Reader in Geology at the University of Oxford in 1818. Buckland spent 1819 1822 investigating fossil remains in caves, in order to refine his concept of catastrophism. His research led him to the realisation that hyena remains in Kirkland Cave, Yorkshire, were the remains of an ancient ecosystem and were not relics of the Flood; this led to his being awarded the Copley Medal by the Royal Society of London in 1822. This volume, first published in 1823, contains a full account of Buckland's influential research in Kirkland Cave, which demonstrated for the first time the ability of scientific analysis to reconstruct events from deep time. Buckland's support for and influential revision of the concept of catastrophism is also illustrated in this volume.

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ISBN 13	9781108021142
ISBN 10	110802114X
Titel	Reliquiae Diluvianae
Autor	William Buckland
Serie	Cambridge Library Collection - Earth Science
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Cambridge University Press
Erscheinungsjahr	2011-02-17
Seitenanzahl	352
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